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The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in an Unidentified Role
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Soga no Goro Tokimune Disguised as Agemaki no Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a pentaptych (?) · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of pentaptych · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Plant Seller Awashima no Yonosuke in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunsen
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kobayashi no Asahina Saburo in the Play Kuruwagayoi Komachi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Mitsuogiya Usukumo in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lady-in-Waiting Suho Disguised as Tsunokuniya Tsuna, in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III (right) as Ochiyo, and Bando Mitsugoro I (left) as the Greengrocer Hambei, in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Senjo (Kikunojo III) as the wife of Amakawaya Gihei in the play "Kanadehon Chushingura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fifth month, 1776
Torii Kiyomitsu I
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake (left), in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; diptych · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as the Geisha Yukino (or Oyuki?) in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (?), in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1781 (?)
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sakata Hyogonosuke Kintoki, in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata (Raiko's Four Intrepid Retainers in the Costume of the Night Watch), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the Hairdresser Jirokichi in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Tonase in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Otsuma in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Pilgrim Kakuzan in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV Doing a Quick Change Between the Roles of Sadakuro and Yoichibei, in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hakamadare Yasusuke or Watanabe no Tsuna (?) in the Play Shintenno Tonoi no Kisewata (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1781 (?)
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Prince Koretaka Disguised as the Courier Izutsu Chuji, in the Play Yamato Kano Ariwara Keizu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Yanone Goro in the Play Kuruwa-gayoi Komachi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Yakko Matahei in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as the Shinto Priest Goinosuke Disguised as the Spirit of a White Heron, in the Play Sakikaese Yuki no Miyoshino, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban · 1776
Art Institute of Chicago